On August 21-23, 2024, the annual academic meeting of Anhui Society of Paleontology and Geoheritage and Jiangsu Paleontological Society was held in Tianzhushan UGGp. The conference was sponsored by the Anhui Society of Paleontology and Geoheritage and Jiangsu Society of Paleontology, and co-organized by Tianzhushan Geopark, Anhui Geomuseum, Chaohu Stratigraphic Paleontology and Geological Environment Field Observation and Research Station of the Ministry of Natural Resources, and Anhui Geological Society. More than 130 participants from Anhui and Jiangsu provinces attended the meeting, including member representatives, experts, scholars and heads of relevant parties in the fields of colleges and universities, scientific research institutions, natural resources systems, geology and mining systems, geoparks and geomuseums. The Anhui Provincial Department of Natural Resources and the Qianshan Municipal Government attached great importance to the meeting and gave strong support. Mr. Shu Hanbing, member of the Standing Committee of the Qianshan Municipal Party Committee and deputy director of Tianzhushan Geopark Administrative Committee, delivered a speech at the meeting.

With the theme of "Research, Protection and Utilization of Paleontology and Geoheritage", 11 experts, scholars and representatives made reports at the meeting, sharing their research results and work experience in recent years from different aspects such as paleontological research, fossil protection, geoparks construction, and geoscience popularization. The meeting specially invited researcher Wang Jun, chairman of the Chinese Paleontological Society and director of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mr. Wang Yuanqing, researcher of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor Ren Dong of Capital Normal University, researcher Zhan Renbin of Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor Yuan Feng of Hefei University of Technology, and Associate Professor Xing Lida of China University of Geosciences (Beijing) to make reports. At the end of the reports, relevant professional training was also carried out.

During the meeting, the participants also visited the granite landform of Tianzhushan, Tianzhushan Geopark Museum, Qiuzhi Geo-cultural Village and Yangxiaowu fossil site for field research and on-site discussions.